7 Pitfalls to Avoid When Visiting Someone with Dementia
Whether you’re caring for someone with dementia or visiting them from time to time you’ll want to do your best to make them feel...
Whether you’re caring for someone with dementia or visiting them from time to time you’ll want to do your best to make them feel...
During the years I cared for multiple elders, I grew to dread the ringing of the telephone. It seemed most calls meant emergencies. One...
Over the course of 15 years, five of my elderly loved ones lived, for various spans of time, in a nearby nursing home. I...
Most of us have seen evidence of people being harder on those they love than they are on strangers, or even people they don’t...
Each of our aging parents is unique. Some people age so well that they need little help until they are well into their eighties,...
Guilt is one emotion that every family caregiver will experience at some point during their journey. When you take on responsibility for another person,...
Dear Carol: I need tips on how to calm my husband who has been diagnosed with both Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia. In the past,...
The responsibility of providing care for an aging or ill loved one is a monumental challenge in its own right. But when a care...
In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because they are...
Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s hearing is...